Route to A*
Key Stage 4
Subject: French and Spanish
TASK
ACCESS
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Going from C-A* in MFL Writing and Speaking. Students
write a paragraph incorporating at least 4
phrases/structures from the database of higher order
language provided in the 32 sections available.
Public Shared/Culture/MFL/More
Able/A* in writing.
Resources written by Rachael
Farrar.
2
French and Spanish MFL assistant authentic language
texts. Students select topic area and incorporate 5 complex
structures/strands in writing/speaking leading to a
Controlled Assessment.
Public
Shared/Culture/MFL/Language
Assistant texts.
3
On-line OCR past papers for Listening and Reading.
Students attempt 4 Higher papers, then mark using the
OCR mark scheme and check grade through respective
grade boundaries for that year. Students note unknown
vocab/common misconceptions etc.
OCR website- select
subject/examination
level/GCSE/scroll to past papers
4
Personalising details/making it different. Students use Mots
a Mots and Palabra por Palabra text guides to select at
least 5 phrases/ structures to include in writing/speaking, to
impress examiner.
Books purchased and scanned
into Public Shared and downloaded
to Kindles for named students.
5
MFL assistant for French/Spanish records student speaking
CA plan onto student’s phone/gadget for enhancement of
accent/ pronunciation/fluency.
Student loans phone/Ipad/gadget to
MFL assistant for recording.
6
Read 4 past students’ writing scripts for exemplar A/A*
grade. Sift out the complex language and phrases to adapt
for your own writing purposes.
Speak to your MFL teacher who will
provide photocopies of past student
scripts.
Listen to 4 past students’ recorded speaking tasks at A/A*.
Identify why the highest grades have been attained. What
can you learn from the candidates’ ability to respond to
unexpected questions?
Ask your MFL teacher to direct you
to the appropriate named sound file
in Media Shared.
Read the 4 2014 exemplar student writing samples provided
by OCR which contain examiner analysis explaining why
the score/grade has been awarded.
See MFL teacher for a photocopy.
‘’A mixture of all skills’’. Read and adapt 4 of the activities to
create an A/A* exercise/game to present to other students.
It could involve a range of tenses, modal verbs, negatives,
and complex ‘’Si....’’ clauses.
Public Shared/Culture/MFL/Most
Able/A mixture.
Students to ‘’traffic-light’’ the OCR general vocabulary list
for the GCSE course (French, Spanish or both). Endeavour
to change 10 new words to green each week.
www.ocr.org MFL GCSE course
documents.
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We now have access to the raw
scores awarded.